EEOC Weighs Tracking Nonbinary Worker Data at U.S. Companies

The EEOC said it wants to track nonbinary workforce data, along with other categories such as race and national origin, joining other agencies acknowledging the gender fluidity increasingly present in the workplace.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told Bloomberg Law that it is exploring ways to collect nonbinary gender data from employers. The civil rights agency, however, doesn’t have authorization to require employers to collect that information in their annual reports. This is the first time the civil rights agency has signaled interest in gathering this information from employers.

People who are nonbinary don’t identify as strictly male or ...